Another Round in the Old Meme-Fueled Confessional...

Oh Snap! I just got tagged by D-dog Frymire's meme. You know me. I've never met a meme that I didn't like. Let the lame-a-thon begin!

List 5 things that certain people (who are not deserving of being your friend anyway) may consider to be "totally lame," but you are, despite the possible stigma, totally proud of. Own it. Tag 5 others:

1. Cartoon Nerdistry.
I have a very un-hip interest in comics and animation. I see Pixar films on opening weekend. I read books about comic book publishing history! One look at my office reveals my nerd pedigree. The Iron Giant is sitting on my computer terminal. The posters nearest to my desk are of Starman, Sandman Mystery Theatre and the Justice Society. I own comic book character t-shirts. And if you saddle up to me in a bar and say, "Why is Watchmen something that I should read?" I'll bore the tears out of you for hours on end. There will even come a point when I realize that you've checked out of the conversation and I can't stop. I'll keep talking about it, because I find all of that to be fascinating. I am socially retarded for comics.

2. Musical Theater Faggotry.
On my ipod, I listen to musicals. A lot. More than a healthy heterosexual man, should. "Rent", "Les Mis", "Pippin", "Jesus Christ Superstar" and if I had "Annie" and "Fiddler on the roof", I'm sure that they would be in rotation, too. (Just not "Cats". Fuck "Cats". Worst Fucking Musical Ever. Plotless, pointless, pap. Lloyd-Webber phoned that one in.)
In between my repeated listenings of "I'll cover you" and "Do You Hear The People Sing", I also listen to movie scores.
Which is why my ipod doesn't have a single song on it from the past two years. I can't be bothered to listen to contemporary music, when I could listen to some more Philip Glass.

I feel so dirty for confessing that.

3. The Reality Show Connoisseur
Survivor.
Kid Nation.
America's Funniest Home Videos.
The Daily Show.
The Colbert Report.
Mythbusters.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Ed vs Spencer.
These are the "reality shows" that I currently watch.

Airline.
The 1900 House.
The 1940 House.
The Amazing Race.
The Real World.
Road Rules.
The Surreal Life.
The Mole.
Big Brother.
Big World, Little People.
Any Show That Features Animals Attacking People.
The Osbournes.
The Joe Schmo Show.
The Next Best Thing.
Filthy Rich- Cattle Drive.
Real TV
Mtv's Fear
Punk'd
Rob & Big
Trigger Happy TV
Fear Factor
Temptation Island
Cops.
World's Wildest Police Videos.
Queer Eye For The Straight Guy.
American Chopper.
30 days.
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!
These are the reality shows that I've either followed to the end or watched a few episodes of.

That's a terrible fucking list. I'm truly embarrassed by that.

4. The Movie Snob.
I am very, very, very particular about the movies that I will actually pay to go see.
For example, I won't pay to go see a movie that I know nothing about. Especially if there's a movie that I haven't seen, that I DO know something about, showing in the same movie theater that I'm in. That's just retarded. I'll go see the movie that I DO know something about.
Also, American movies currently produce such a wide swath of experiences from the Boring/Insulting/Stupid movies to the Brilliant/ Uplifting/ Classical Films. Why would you settle for the first category, when you can do a little research and seek out the second?
I also won't go see Teen Romances, Most Romantic Comedies, Any Horror/Slasher Flick, And Anything that Russel Crowe is in. I fucking hate that guy.
Some people don't understand this personality trait. Some people outright hate it. But it's just how I'm wired. I won't go see a shitty movie. Or a movie that even might be shitty. I can't spend my $8 that way.

5. The Anti-Shellfish Position.
I hate lobster, crabs, shrimp, prawns and anything else that has an exo-skeleton that I must suck the muscle and sinews out of, to get to the edible meat. I am adverse to eating bugs for the same reason. Shellfish are just the bugs of the ocean.
Think about THAT, you Crustacean Lovers.
Maybe I'm missing out on some divine, garlic-butter fueled culinary experience du triumph, but that's my rule and I'm sticking with it.
No Shellfish for this guy.

Well, that's my Lame Fucking Meme. 5 things that YOU might think are lame (and I might secretly think are lame too), but ostensibly might be proud of.

Herein is the section where I tag 5 other bloggers who can fill out this meme for themselves.
Jady, Madge Hixx (nee Eiberger), Schlobo, Fuzzy, and Team Power-Love! Get to it, jerks!

Cheers,
Mr.B




What's lamer? The All Blue Outfit that I was rocking on that day.
Or how happy I am to be posing next to a Gotham Police Cruiser?